iDrum is the addictive app that lets you create your own music, even if you have no musical experience! The RZA of Wu-Tang edition includes a huge selection of drum, percussion, melody, voice, and effect samples produced by RZA. Start with a selection of amazing kits and patterns, then customize them to make them your own.

Whether you’re new to making music or an expert beatmaker, iDrum is for you. Build beats layer by layer by tapping the touch screen, or create music with simple shapes and color combinations that help you visualize the rhythm.

Features:
▪ The fun and simple way to make music on your iPhone or iPod touch
▪ Includes sounds and 17 original, pre-made kits by RZA
▪ Tap the touch screen to play and record your own musical patterns
▪ Bring sounds in and out of the mix to make songs on the fly and perform live
▪ Customize patterns to create your own unique beats
▪ Make beats for a mobile rap cypher
▪ Take control of the rhythm of every drum sound and sample

Features:
- The fun and simple way to make music on your iPhone or iPod touch!
- Includes hundreds of retro sounds and 20 pre-made kits
- Tap the touch screen to play and record your own musical patterns
- Bring sounds in and out of the mix to make songs on the fly and perform live
- Customize patterns to create your own unique beats
- Take control of the rhythm of every drum sound and sample
- Transfer custom kits and samples to and from your computer

The second book in The Seems series, “The Split Second”, is in bookstores, and we’ve updated the website with a new look and new material. Have a look.

The Seems is the award winning children’s book series from Bloomsbury USA about a Fixer and his desperate Missions to save The World.

Becker Drane’s still got the coolest job in The World, but it’s getting harder and harder to live a normal life outside of The Seems. He’s always working, getting pulled out of bed to go Fix, and his Me-2 spends more time with his family than he does. And even though it’s completely against the Rules, he can’t stop thinking about Jennifer Kaley, the totally cool girl he met during his Mission in Sleep. Things don’t get any easier when a bomb explodes in the Department of Time and Becker is called in to take over for a more senior Fixer who disappeared during the Mission. With so many lives at stake, it’s his toughest Fix yet; Becker finds himself going places in The Seems he never knew existed and meeting people long thought dead. Yep, it’s just another day in the life of Becker Drane. Let’s hope he lives to Fix again. . . .

I’ve had to the good fortune to work with the authors, John Hulme and Michael Wexler, on this project, and I have a good feeling about this one.

I gave a galley copy of the book to my 9 year old son, who raves about it, so I think John and Michael may have a big hit on their hands.

Thanks and congrats, guys.

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The Seems: The Glitch in Sleep (Hardcover) by John Hulme (Author), Michael Wexler (Author)

Twelve-year-old Becker Drane has definitely got the coolest job of any seventh grader in Highland Park, New Jersey. He works as a Fixer for The Seems. From the Department of Weather to the Department of Sleep, The Seems is a secret organization that makes sure our world keeps running – and more importantly, sticks to The Plan that’s been made for it. But The Plan, and The Seems for that matter, would be nothing without the people in it, and that’s where Becker Drane comes in. When a Glitch is reported in the Department of Sleep, Becker is dispatched to Fix it, but he’s not so sure this is a routine mission. Could the Bed Bugs, who are behind our Worst Nightmares, be responsible for the problems? Or maybe it’s The Tide, an underground organization bent on destroying The Seems? No matter what, Becker’s in for quite an adventure, and it’ll take all his training, a little luck, and the coolest Tools known in (or out of) the Seems to Fix the problem.